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dole·ful
 doleful
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- pronunciation:
- dol
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 l
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
full of sadness, sorrow, or melancholy.
The child's doleful expression brought tears to my eyes.- synonyms:
- cheerless, dolorous, gloomy, melancholy, mournful, sad, sorrowful
- antonyms:
- cheerful, cheery
- similar words:
- blue, despondent, disconsolate, down, downbeat, downcast, dreary, forlorn, joyless, lugubrious, tragic, unhappy, wretched
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| definition 2: |
causing sorrow, grief, or unhappiness.
The loss of her husband's job was a doleful turn of events.- synonyms:
- dolorous, gloomy, melancholy, mournful, sad, sorrowful
- antonyms:
- cheerful
- similar words:
- disconsolate, grievous, lugubrious, pathetic, rueful, unhappy
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| related words: |
desolate, downhearted, gloomy, low, melancholy, miserable, moody, morose, pensive, sad |
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| derivations: |
dolefully (adv.), dolefulness (n.) |
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